Slide buckle



March M 1924, 11,486,59Q

R. A. MOORE SLIDE BUCKLE Filed NOV. 5, 1923 Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

NITED STATES ROSWELL A. MOORE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WATERBURY BUCKLE 00., OF WATEBBURY. CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SLIDE BUCKLE.

Application filed Ncvember 5, 1923. Serial No. 672,734.

To all 20710272 it may concern.

Be it known that I, Roswnnn A. Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Slide Buckles; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters oi reference marked thereon. to be a full,

Fig. 6 a plan view of the slide with its mounting-finger shown prior to being bent to embrace the side-bars of the buckle-frame.

My invention relates. to an improved slidebuckle designed with particular reference to be used on the non-elastic straps of abdominal supporters, though not so limited, the object being to provide a simple, strong, convenient and highly efficient buckle of the character described in which the straps are held by the combined action of deflection and friction, rather than by prongs piercing them.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a slide-buckle having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

in carrying out my invention, as herein showiii I employ a substantially rectangular, I sheet-metal buckle-frame having a webbingopenin; 10. a lower grippingbar 11, parallel side-bars 12, and along its upper side an offset containing a long narrow slot 13 designed for the reception of the short strap (not shown) by means of which the buckle is fastened to the garment. The upper or :ipping-edge of the lower bar 1]. is con- 1 1g. 3 a view looking toward the lower toured to form three uniform scallops l. separated by two upstanding. web-holding points 15, but the number of these scallops and points may be varied as desired, so long as they exist in plurality. The stamped or embossed, sheet-metal slide 16 is narrower than the width of the webbing-opening ll) and formed at its ends with complementary mountingfingers 17, which are bent in somewhat angular form, so as to loosely embrace the respective side-bars l2 of the buckle-frame, upon which the slide is free. to move up and down. The main body of the slide is struck forwardly to form a wide. longitudinal rib 18, the lower edge of which is embossed or indented to form three scallops 19 conforming in curvature to the scallops 1a of the buckle-frame and with two indentations E20 registering with the web-holding points 15 thereof, while the lower edge of the slide is formed with a scalloped skirt 21 having three scallops 22 separated by notches 23. V'Vhen the slide is moved downward, the scallops of its emtossed front fit the scalloped upper edge of the lower bar of the buckle-frame, while, at the same time, the scalloped skirt of the slide extends downward back of the same.

lfnder the construction described, the scalloped upper edge of the lower bar of the frame. the embossed scallops and the scalloped skirt of the slide all co-act to de fiect and bite into the webbing, so as to firmly grip the same without any actual penetration of the fabric thereof. The slide, moreover. is so loose upon the frame that it is very conveniently moved into and out of its gripping position, and for the same reason, accommodates nonelastic webbing of some range in thickness.

I claim:

a new article of n'ianufacture, a slidebuckle havinp a substantially rectangular. flat. sheet-metal buckle-frame formed with a webbing-opening, with side-bars and with a lower bar, the upper edge of which is formed with a plurality of scallops and points. and a slide formed at its ends with mmintingr tingers loosely embracing the side-bars of the frame, and forwardly struck up to form a longitmlina] rib. the lower edge of which is mnhossed to vonfm'nl to the scallops of the lower bar of the frame, and uleo formed with 21 depending skirt scalloped to conform to the scalloping of the said bar. and also to the scalloping of 'the lower edge 0'! the strmk-up l'ih of the @lide.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROSVELL A. MOORE.

Witnesses MARTIN T. LYNN, CHESTER Lrrrm. 

